Flip the 14 Leads the Way to Flipping 6 Congressional Seats in California

CA 01: Doug La Malfa

His hard line views on immigration harm CA-01’s large farming community, and his denial of climate change science puts precious water resources here at risk. LaMalfa voted to raise the age of Medicare eligibility.

CA 04: Tom McClintock

Residents of CA-04 take pride in their pristine public lands, but they’re stuck with a representative whose backward views on environmental stewardship threaten their way of life. McClintock has never lived in this district.

CA 08: Paul Cook

Have you seen this man? Cook has no major accomplishments in Congress, and he’s refused to hold town halls with his constituents to hear their concerns. He’s holding DREAMers hostage for a border wall.

CA 10: Jeff Denham

Considered one of the most vulnerable Members of Congress in America, that didn’t stop Denham from voting to take health care away from 23 million Americans or replacing Medicare with a coupon to purchase private insurance.

CA 22: Devin Nunes

This district is represented by a man who has done everything in his power to undermine our efforts to understand the extent of Russia’s interference in our democratic process. His very existence in Congress is a threat to the rule of law.

CA 25: Steve Knight

Knight voted to defund Planned Parenthood, voted against bilingual education, and as a State Senator, voted to allow the Confederate Flag on state property. He doesn’t belong in California’s Congressional delegation.

CA 39: Ed Royce

What can you say about a guy who votes to take away health care from 23 million Americans and to replace Medicare with a coupon to purchase private insurance? He’s also refused to hold a town hall this cycle.

CA 42: Ken Calvert

When he’s not fixated on expelling every DREAMer in California, Calvert is voting to replace Medicare with a coupon to purchase private insurance and to take health care away from 23 million Americans.

CA 45: Mimi Walters

When concerned constituents came to one of Walter’s town halls, she accused them of being “paid activists.” Someone with that much disrespect for the people she represents doesn’t deserve a seat in Congress.

CA 48: Dana Rohrabacher

Once called “Putin’s favorite congressman,” Rohrabacher rarely goes a week without humiliating himself and the institution in which he serves. It’s hard to think of someone less fit to serve in Congress.

CA 50: Duncan Hunter

Hunter’s campaign is collapsing before our eyes. Engulfed in an ethics scandal, his campaign is spending more on legal fees than it can raise. He’s caused a lot of harm to his constituents, and it’s time to send him packing.

If Democrats flip 23 seats in 2018, we take back the House. We can flip at least 11 of California's 14 seats.

Friends,

We started Flip the 14 with one goal in mind: to take back Congress and restore checks and balances in Washington. While many races are still undecided, it is already clear that voters elected a Democratic majority to the House of Representatives. The importance of this success cannot be overstated. Have no doubt: the collective power of volunteers in California and throughout the country made a big difference. Thank you for everything you did to bring us to this point.

In the week after Election Day, we hosted a post-election webinar. We laid out our analysis of the election, along with the path forward as we see it and some next steps for our organization. You can watch it here or download the slide deck here.

There are still a lot of votes to be counted, but we know this: we've flipped at least six seats in California. Republicans Jeff Denham, Steve Knight, Ed Royce (and his handpicked successor Young Kim), Mimi Walters, Dana Rohrabacher, and Darrell Issa (and his handpicked successor Diane Harkey) have been replaced by Democrats Josh Harder, Katie Hill, Gil Cisneros, Mimi Walters, Harley Rouda, and Mike Levin. That's a huge and unprecedented accomplishment.

We must continue. This work of ours, it’s more important than any work most of us have ever done before. The eternal mission of good and decent Americans to form a more perfect union endures. May it always endure.

In solidarity,Doug LinneyCo-Founder and Campaign Manager, Flip the 14

Working Together with the Resistance

Flip the 14 is supporting the work of the Resistance to defeat California's 14 Republicans in Congress. We have a President who is undermining our values, embarrassing our great country, and creating a less stable and more dangerous world. And he's getting away with it because the Republicans that control Congress are silent. Indeed, many of the most harmful aspects of the Trump agenda, like taking away health care from millions of Americans and raising taxes on the middle class to pay for tax cuts for the richest 1%, are driven by the Republicans in Congress.

It's time for a change. We just need to flip 24 seats in the House of Representatives, and 14 of them are in California. Flip the 14 is run by a team with a proven track record of running successful campaigns. We've seen what works, and we're flexible enough to try out new ideas. In this climate of uncertainty, we think it's a mistake to only focus on a narrow spectrum of seats, especially in California. A lot can happen between now and Election Day, and we'll be present in all 14 districts, planting the seeds for a wave election in 2018.

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